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“I just hope she enjoys it. I don’t care if she goes out in the first round. I texted her tonight and said, ‘Just enjoy it.’ I think Strictly is good for people who are resting between jobs but Ruth has got four jobs at the minute so it is going to be difficult.”

With a cheeky grin, he joked that having nobody to cook his meals “was an issue”. He added: “She is a domestic goddess and runs the whole house.

“She does everything and when she is not there, well it is going to be baked beans every night. It will probably be takeaways and they will go out into the bin before she gets home.”

Ruth in costume for the ballroom dancing show (Image: Getty Images)

Eamonn also insisted he was supporting Ruth in her bid to win the Glitterball trophy. He added: “I am very good at running her a bath. You know like Rocky, with the trainer with the towel around his neck?